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(No Model.)

W. P. TULLOOK.

REIN HOLDER.

No. 343,092. Patented June 1, 1886.

IN VEJV' TOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM P. TULLOGK, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,092, dated June 1, 1886.

Serial No. 199,539. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. TULIIOOK, of \Vashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear-,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of my improved rein-holder as applied to the dash-board of a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same with the top or cover removed. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the top in place. Fig. 5 is a View showing a modified form of attaching the holder to a dash-board. Fig. 6 shows a modification of the holder.

This invention relates to improvements in rein-holders; and it consists in the novel con struction of the same, hereinafter described,

and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates the body of the holder having a flat upper surface and a depending portion, a, which is slotted at a, as shown, for the purpose of: placing it upon the dash-board B of a vehicle. At the lower end of the portion a, on one side of the slot a. is athumbscrew, a", by means of which the holder is secured in position.

0 is a serrated plate or partition rising vertically from the fiat upper surface of the body A, and standing at right angles to the slot (0 in the lower part thereof. The part 0 is preferably cast entire with the body A, and is serrated, as shown, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

D D designate similar opposite cam-shaped jaws, which are pivoted, as shown, on the body A on opposite sides of the partition 0. The inner faces of these cams are serrated, and are adapted to act with the serrations of partition 0 to hold the reins when the latter are inserted between the said jaws and partition. To the outer ends of the jaws D are secured the outer ends of flatcurved springs.

E E, the inner ends of which abut and move against stop-lugs d d, fixed in the upper fiat surface of body A, or cast integral therewith. The springs E E force the cam-jaws D D to cover, which is provided with a transverse slot or opening, f. This cover F fits over the top of the body A, as shown, (with its slot, f, parallel with the plate 0,) and is secured thereto by any suitable means. This cover serves both to protect the cam-jaws D D and their attachments from being injured by accidental blows and to retain the jaws in place upon their pivots, the upper edges of the jaws abutting against the under surface of the cover and effecting this result. The cover F, by means of its slot f, also serves to direct the reins between the jaws and partition 0. The jaws, while admitting the reins to be drawn inward between them and the part 0, will effectually prevent their being withdrawn, as is evident. I

In Fig. 5 I have shown the lower portion of body A formed into a screw, G, for securing the holder in place,instead of having the slot, as before described. This latter construction is necessary where it is desired to use the holder on draft-wagons and vehicles which have no dash-board, to which the former construction could be applied. By the screw G the holder is also applicable to saddlesfor holding the bridle-reins.

Fig. 6 shows a modification of the holder. In this construction the depending portion of 0 body Ais omitted, and the holder is halved transversely through the partition 0, the latter forming the back of the holder, but one jaw and its appurtenances being used. The screw G is set at right angles to the plate, as shown. This construction may be used; but the first described I deem preferable.

I am aware that rein-holders have been made having spring-controlled jaws adapted to act together to hold the reins. Such I do not claim, broadly; but, I

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a rein-holder, the combination of. the body A, having its lower portion provided with a suitable fastening device for securing it in position, and provided with a serrated partition or plate, 0, rising vertically from the upper portion thereof, with the cam-jaws D, having their inner faces serrated, pivoted to the bodyAon opposite sides of the plate 0, and the cover F, provided with slotf and secured upon the body A, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the within-described rein-holder,consisting of the main body portion A formed with a flat upper surface and a suitable device for securing it in position, and having the central serrated plate or partition 0 rising vertically my own I aiiix mysig'nature in presence of 25 two witnesses.

W'ILLIAM P. TULLOCK. .Vitnesses: A. E. DOWELL,

F. T. F. J OHNSON. 

